Tranimate
Ferris Bros. Pty Ltd.; Sydney
- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Ferris Bros. Pty Ltd.; Sydney
- Year
- 1971 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 279335
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 2
- Semiconductors
- Main principle
- RF Converter/Adapter (not voltage converter)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Batteries / addl. power jack / 1 × 9 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - - No sound reproduction output.
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Tranimate - Ferris Bros. Pty Ltd.; Sydney
- Shape
- Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.
- Notes
-
In the 1960s car radios were expensive accessories for vehicles and this little device was intended to allow an ordinary household transistor portable to function as a cheap but effective car radio. The car radio antenna was installed on the car and its coaxial lead plugged into the “Tranimate”. The output from the “Tranimate” was then RF coupled to the portable radio. The “Tranimate” was powered by a 9 Volt battery.
Price is for basic unit only. Price including gutter-grip aerial is $20.95.
- Price in first year of sale
- 15.50 AUS $
- Mentioned in
- Silicon Chip December 2003
- Author
- Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 143 models, 86 with images and 49 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Ferris Bros. Pty Ltd.; Sydney
Collections
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